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LIRR workers strike back
(Newsday posted the following article by Jennifer Sinco Kelleher on its website on December 22. Michael Quinn is the BLET’s General Chairman on the Long Island Railroad.) NEW YORK -- Union leaders representing Long Island Rail Road employees took offense at MTA...
Rail intermodal sets fifth consecutive annual record
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on December 21.) WASHINGTON -- For the fifth consecutive year — and the 18th time in the past 20 years — intermodal freight on U.S. railroads has set an annual record, the Association of American Railroads...
Rail intermodal sets fifth consecutive annual record
(The Association of American Railroads issued the following on December 21.) WASHINGTON -- For the fifth consecutive year — and the 18th time in the past 20 years — intermodal freight on U.S. railroads has set an annual record, the Association of American Railroads...
Distraction blamed in Japan train crash
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Koza Mizoguchi on December 20.) TOKYO -- A government panel investigating Japan's worst train wreck in decades said Wednesday the driver may have failed to use the brakes in time because he was distracted by a...
Distraction blamed in Japan train crash
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Koza Mizoguchi on December 20.) TOKYO -- A government panel investigating Japan's worst train wreck in decades said Wednesday the driver may have failed to use the brakes in time because he was distracted by a...
Miami commuter train derails
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 21.) MIAMI -- An elevated train partially derailed Wednesday, stranding commuters but causing no injuries. Miami-Dade Police Department spokesman Robert Williams said about 30 people were on board when...
Miami commuter train derails
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on December 21.) MIAMI -- An elevated train partially derailed Wednesday, stranding commuters but causing no injuries. Miami-Dade Police Department spokesman Robert Williams said about 30 people were on board when...
Report: 1 in 10 take mass transit in New Jersey
(The following article by Larry Higgs was posted on the Asbury Park Press website on December 21.) NEW YORK -- A transportation report has found that between 1997 and 2004 the number of New Jersey residents riding the train or bus to work grew faster than those...
Report: 1 in 10 take mass transit in New Jersey
(The following article by Larry Higgs was posted on the Asbury Park Press website on December 21.) NEW YORK -- A transportation report has found that between 1997 and 2004 the number of New Jersey residents riding the train or bus to work grew faster than those...
Christmas train makes lifesaving emergency stop
(Sacramento television station CBS 13 posted the following article on its website on December 20.) WILLITS, Calif. -- A Christmas train makes a lifesaving emergency stop in the mountains near the town of Willits. Nature lover John Harrington was trying to live in the...
